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OSHA Injury Report: Mercury Plastics

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mercury Plastics in Middlefield, OH 44062 resulted in days away from work. Employee was extrusion Operator in tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Mercury Plastics
Parent company
Masco
Street
15760 Madison Rd.
City
Middlefield
State
OH
ZIP
44062
On-site location
Extrusion
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
23

Employee was trying to remove burned and dried plastic resin from the breaker plate of an extruder.

When employee loosened breaker plate back pressure in extruder released violently and sprayed employees upper body with molten plastic.

Multiple 1st and 2nd degree burns on the forearms and face.

Molten plastic.

Burns on face and arms from hot liquified plastic.

Job description
Extrusion Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326121 — Tube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
280
Total hours worked
575410
EIN
822859487
Establishment ID
910101
Employer case #
230324
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:20:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:14:13:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.